Art and Devotion at a Buddhist Temple in the Indian Himalaya

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Art History, Asian, General Art, History, India
Cover of the book Art and Devotion at a Buddhist Temple in the Indian Himalaya by Melissa R. Kerin, Indiana University Press
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Author: Melissa R. Kerin ISBN: 9780253013095
Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication: July 6, 2015
Imprint: Indiana University Press Language: English
Author: Melissa R. Kerin
ISBN: 9780253013095
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication: July 6, 2015
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Language: English

Sixteenth-century wall paintings in a Buddhist temple in the Tibetan cultural zone of northwest India are the focus of this innovative and richly illustrated study. Initially shaped by one set of religious beliefs, the paintings have since been reinterpreted and retraced by a later Buddhist community, subsumed within its religious framework and communal memory. Melissa Kerin traces the devotional, political, and artistic histories that have influenced the paintings' production and reception over the centuries of their use. Her interdisciplinary approach combines art historical methods with inscriptional translation, ethnographic documentation, and theoretical inquiry to understand religious images in context.

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Sixteenth-century wall paintings in a Buddhist temple in the Tibetan cultural zone of northwest India are the focus of this innovative and richly illustrated study. Initially shaped by one set of religious beliefs, the paintings have since been reinterpreted and retraced by a later Buddhist community, subsumed within its religious framework and communal memory. Melissa Kerin traces the devotional, political, and artistic histories that have influenced the paintings' production and reception over the centuries of their use. Her interdisciplinary approach combines art historical methods with inscriptional translation, ethnographic documentation, and theoretical inquiry to understand religious images in context.

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